Overlord The Trinity Supreme Beings

by damiantran280

What if there was another supreme being joining Ainz and Nazarick. What if two of the almighty Supreme ones had stayed. —Well this is their legend— Follow Karna, Jeanne D'arc and Ainz as they maintain their precious guild and NPC and dominate the New World — And the new world thought the OverLord of Death was bad enough, well what if we throw in The Son of Sun God and a Holy Saint.

12. Chapter 6 - part 4: The Fight Begins

Hey guys it me and I'm back with chapter 6 part 4. I hope you all like it and for those of you who are wondering about the Family issue I told you all last chapter... well I'm afraid I cant give you all a good news. The doc said that they have a low chance of recovering and that we should prepare for the worst... this is a really dark time for me guys...

WTF am i doing!? Sorry guys I kinda just dump my SH I TT Y life on to you all so sorry.

So let move on with the Doom and Gloom and get to the Chapter shall we —ENJOY—

—The Fight Begins

There was the sound of sizzling, as though someone had thrown a burning torch into water.

The spell which surpassed the very definition of tiers went off — the winds picked up and air was scorched hot and was harder to breathe in without damaging the lungs, the clouds gather and swirled around and from the heavens above came down a holy pillar in a shape of a cross and it looked as though the sun had risen on the land, dying everything in their field of view a brilliant gold.

The exothermic conflagration generated a rapidly-expanding wave of heat, which greedily consumed everything within its radius.

This hell yet holy vision lasted only five seconds, but it felt dozens of times longer than that.

Eventually, the brilliant gold world disappeared. In the wake of the vanishing pulse of superhot energy was a large circular area — vastly different from before.

Nothing outside the area of effect was affected. The trees were still trees, the earth was as full of vitality as the forest, and the forest itself was untouched — an extremely normal world.

In contrast, the area within the circular area was charred black, converted into a dead zone of jaw-dropping proportions.

The awe-inspiring temperatures had consumed all the vegetation in the area, leaving alive in its wake. There were several vitrified areas on the ground which were still emitting smoke.

Standing beyond the bounds of that world which permitted no survivors, Jeanne felt a dreadful presence washing out from within.

It came from the only person who remained within that area.

Nothing living could have survived that fatal heat.

"Kakahaaah~ Kahaaaah~ that actually hurt~"

That strange sound, accompanied by what seemed to be a gnashing of teeth, filtered into both Jeanne and Karna ears.

They turned to look at its source, and saw a point of red amidst a world scorched black.

They saw Shalltear with wisps of smoke trailing off her body, and the look on her face which seemed to say, "not enough gun." Her crimson pupils, filled with hostility and bloodlust, focused on the two bodies in front of her.

"Lady Jeanne! That really hurt, oh what this? That isn't really fair that just one of me have to fight the two of you!"

Shalltear slowly walked forward, her footfalls fracturing the charred ground underneath.

Step by step, she shrank the distance between the two players and herself, the Spuit Lance in her hand cutting through the air with a whoosh which indicated that she was still able to fight.

"That was just a meaningless present. Did you like it, Shalltear?" Karna said as he charge toward Shalltear with incredible speed and strength.

"I most certainly did!"

Shalltear raised her lance and the two clash with each other. Karna when on the offensive and prest Shalltear, as their lance clash, Shalltear was being pushed back but she was holding her own because her physical was actually higher than Karna but not by much.

Shalltear laughed, and her mirth came from the bottom of her heart.

"Wonderful! To think I have to kill the two of you, the all-powerful Lord Karna and Lady Jeanne!"

"-Lord, you say. Why do you still address us as lord and lady? Who is your master Shalltear?"

"What a strange question lord. Enemy or not, you two are still Supreme Being, addressing you anything else would be the height of arrogance, as for my present master…"

Shalltear's face scrunched up, as though confused.

"...Why do I have to fight you, a supreme being? ...Ah, is it because they attacked me? But why would they attack me… I need to destroy anyone who attacks me with all my strength? Why is that?"

Before long, Shalltear seemed to have come to a conclusion, and her smile from earlier returned to her face.

"Well, I'm still not too sure why, but since you attacked me, I must destroy the both of you!"

"...Is that so… I finally get what kind of state you're in now..."

"Oho, what's wrong, Lord Karna? You look a little weak there!" Shalltear manage to push back and went on an offensive of her own. As she increased her attack speed, she was able to push Karna back slightly.

"Hmph, aren't you getting something wrong? Do you think someone like you can defeat me? Shalltear, you will kneel in submission before us when the day is done."

"Ahahahaha! Ooooh, how scary~" Shalltear continue to prest her attack 'I may have the advantage in physical attack when fighting lord Karna but I can't win this battle, there is no conceivable way that I can beat both supreme beings, I can't even defeat one of them, i should prest my attack and retreat as soon as possible'

Moving with a speed which put gales to shame, Shalltear charged, wreathed in bloodlust. The scorched ground exploded beneath her feet with every step she took. Clementine's assaults were swift, but Shalltear's speed was in a class of her own.

Trailing laughter behind her, Shalltear continued her charge, aiming the tip of her lance at Karna and thrusting forward. The lance charge was originally a technique used by mounted knights and made with the speed and weight of their mounts behind it. However, Shalltear's strike — made with her extraordinary strength and her awesome speed — easily surpassed that attack.

The word "one-shot kill" could not even begin to describe that assuredly fatal blow, and it tore through the air towards Karna.

However, despite the ever-approaching tip of the lance, Karna remained unmoved and with an almost bored expression on his face.

In a gentle voice, he said:

"It's dangerous, you know."

The tender warning he gave Shalltear, as though concerned for her well-being, referred to the countermeasure he had prepared for Shalltear's attack.

'Now...activate delay skill...'

As Shalltear lance clash with Karna, the delay skill achieved and the「Maximize Skills - Weapon flame burst」 take affect. Karna flaming spear turn even brighter crimson that momentarily binded Shalltear.

A second later the explosions of flame blew Shalltear's body away.

However Karna did not give Shalltear a moment to rebound, his spear was engulfed in flame once again and he threw the spear with full force and at the same time used "「Maximize Magic - Flame missiles」."

She was still flying back from the force of the explosion when Karna spear and a ball of crimson flame appear in Karna open palm, with a force blow from Karna, multiple smaller ball of flame shot toward her like heatseeker. Each of these attack could significantly damage a target, even one of Shalltear's level.

At this moment, Shalltear stood back up from her downed state and held out an empty hand.

"「Twin Maximize Magic: Wall of Stone」."

Two vast wall of stone emerged from the ground, completely enveloping Shalltear.

—However "「Holy Penetration Arrow」" Multiple holy arrows came flying out from behind Karna. The arrows moved faster than Karna previous attacks and hit Shalltear「Wall of Stone」first and completely destroyed both walls. Immediately after the walls destruction, Karna spear and the「Maximize Magic - Flame missiles」hit Shalltear head on.

An explosion went off along with multiple other one "Aahaaaahaaa!" Shalltear scream of pain filled the battle field and shot great pain in Jeanne heart "t-that not fair!" Shalltear quickly recover and stood her ground.

—but—"「Maximize Magic - Holy Sanctuary」!"

As Jeanne followed up with another spell, a massive pillar erupted from the earth and closed in on Shalltear. The holy energy burn the vampire a great deal but she manages to fly out of the pillar of light.

"Kah!" Shalltear gritted her teeth in pain.

Normally, this spell would have continued holding its target after damaging them, but Shalltear shrugged free. This was because she was immune to movement restrictions, resulting in the failure of the attempted restraint but she was not resistant to the after effect of the holy energy.

"Shalltear, did you really think we would make it that easy for you attack?" Karna taunt as his spear returned to his hand.

Shalltear face twisted with anger and slight fear but Karna and Jeanne could sense the fighting spirit she radiated from her entire body.

The real show's about to start.

—-

The tree rusualed as four ninjas jump from tree to tree with their hand bend back and their body leaned forward. Each sported an emotionless face as they keep in perfect formation as they leap from tree to tree.

"Looks like the battle had begun" Shisui said.

"Then we split up from here, Shalltear had to at least be smart enough to realize that there is no way for her to win, so she will most likely retreat" Itachi said as he leaped forward to get next to Obito.

"Then split up and surround her but do not engage unless the supreme one said so and don't let yourself be seen" Obito ordered.

"Understood"

"And if Shalltear try to retreat in your direction, aim to kill, now SCATTER!" The four brothers separated and disappear in the shadows.

Obito leaped up toward the highest tree of the forest "[Shadow Clone Jutsu]" from Obito shadow came out an exact copy of Obito "stay here and convey Shalltear and all of our locations to each other so we can keep the formation going"

With that command, Obito leaps away to form the formation with his other brothers.

—-

High above the cloud and within several layers of inviability, defensive, detection and for good measure, Nymph [Hacking field] and [P-Stealth System].

Nymph Hacking Field has the ability to hack into any systems, it can block or unblock memories and abilities for a short period of time. Her hacking is like a form of telepathy, matter manipulation, Vitakinesis, and more abilities all in one and when combining this with her P-Stealth System which just let her become invisible, she can make others invisible as well.

Nymph was not built to be a fighter unlike her other sisters, however, she had no equal when it came to a supporter build. sits four sisters with all uniquely colored hair and each express a different type of beauty, however the one thing they all have in common was that they were all very beautiful.

"Looks like Obito and the others had made their moves" A voluptuous girl with a perfectly sculpted face that look like a doll with pink hair that fades to dark also black red said.

"I see, thanks Ikarus, do you detect any unomaly, Nymph?" Asked a short stature girl that look no older than 14.

"No not yet Astil, what about you Jibril?" A blue pigtailed haired girl with an equally beautiful sculpture face as Ikarus asked.

"..."

"Hey jibril...jibril?...JIBRIL!" Nymph screamed as her patient was getting thinner.

"Oh, my apology~" Jibril was pink hair angel of a perfect balance of alluring beauty and innocent. She turned her head to look at the youngest sister as she cover her lips with her fingers "do you need something my sweet little sister~"

Nymph puffed out her cheek "you're you just dying to have a fights aren't you?"

"I'm afraid I don't know understand~" Jibril innocent smile never leaves her beautiful face.

"You've been staring at the battle with Shalltear with a sadistic smile on your face, don't think I'd didn't notice that spike in your power"

As the two sisters look intently at each other Astil interrupted "Sisters that enough now, we have orders to obey, so spread out and began to survey the area from the sky!" Astil said "and do not let yourselves be seen and if you do fine intruders, kill them as quickly as possible but you must captured one of them alive, Nymph if you would" Astil asked.

A moment later a barrier that surrounded the Angeloids dissipate as the Sisters went their separate ways.

—-

Shalltear braced the Spuit Lance, narrowing her eyes at the two magic casters before her — at her masters, Karna and Jeanne.

She had no idea why she had to oppose her beloved masters, but her mind told her that it was not an important question. All she had to do was try to kill then and then ponder the matter at length afterwards.

As she calmly considered this, Shalltear considered the current situation — a one on two fight, against the two supreme beings who are the strongest of the 41 — how unfavorable it was for her.

Then, what was the best way for her to fight? It would have to be a drawn-out battle. But can she last? These two were among the strongest in the guild and rank in the high tier of players in YGGDRASIL.

Shalltear gripped her divine class Spuit Lance as she hastily threw a battle plan together.

Her weapon's special ability was to recover the wielder's health in proportion to how much damage it did to an opponent. No, one could say that this divine class item was designed around that special property.

This fight was never in her favor, the only way for her to win is to draw out the battle as long as possible and try to deplete their MP and attack them separately. Though she possessed both negative and holy magic, she could not do much with them. The moment she would attack Jeanne with negative dealing type spell, Karna would jump in and vice versa.

Shalltear gritted her teeth in frustration and cast 「Mana Essence」 as she tenses up her whole body and prepare to either retreat or defend, this was a battle she could not win.

The「Mana Essence」 spell permitted her to perceive her opponent's mana for a while, and so both Karna and Jeanne remaining mana appeared before her.

'That's a lot of mana… how did they amass that much?'

Both of them had about one and a half times the MP (mana) of Shalltear. There was probably nobody else in Nazarick who had a mana capacity like that expect Ainz.

'They truly are Supreme Beings. One could call them an extraordinary beings… a super—no, that would be an understatement, they are godly beings of unparalleled power.

She narrowed her eyes and leaped back in order to prepare for the long haul.

"「Regenerate」."

"I won't make it that easy!" Jeanne said.

The spell Shalltear had just cast could even recover the health of the undead. Currently, it was restoring the health lost from the super tier attack spell. At this moment, Jeanne launched another attack, throwing out multiple holy sphere.

"「Maximize Magic - Divine Bullet」."

The white orb approached at great speed. She considered casting the 「Wall of Stone」 from before, but that would only amount to being countered by Karna.

Shalltear selected—

"—「Greater Teleportation」."

Her field of vision distorted, but the scenery that should have instantly appeared before her eyes felt like it had been slowed down.

Shalltear guessed that this was the effect of the teleport-impeding spell, 「Delay Teleportation」."

As Shalltear had guessed, she was quite a distance away from both Karna Jeanne, until Karna launched toward at lightning speed, Karna raised up his golden spear and it clashed Shalltear. They stayed in the air and exchanged blows for a while before Karna forcefully landed a strike that force Shalltear to slammed into the ground below.

"「Maximize Magic - exploding mines」."

Shalltear sensed the mines and assumed her mist form to evade them as they flew toward her. This skill transmuted the body into mist, and it was quite a flavourful skill for vampires. However, it did not transform the body into the physical phenomenon called mist, but instead phased the body into the astral plane. Thus she could use it to completely avoid attacks in the physical world — the three explosions which resulted.

"Naive!"

After Karna shout, he followed up with a 「Maximize Magic - Astral Smite」."

That spell could strike astral entities, and it found its mark on Shalltear's body, whose defense had been somewhat reduced after taking mist form.

Wracked by agony, Shalltear terminated her mist form. She felt her lip split, and something soft and slippery escaped from within.

"Truly marvellous, as expected of you, a supreme beings!"

Karna did not respond to that honest praise. He merely studied his opponent with doubtful eyes.

'I need to escape, there is no way I can win'

Shalltear made her move.

"「Force Sanctuary」."

White radiance filled the area around Shalltear, a defensive barrier made of pure mana. While this barrier impeded the caster's attacks, it would also completely negate her opponent's attacks.

Shalltear was poor at defensive spells, and she had no intention of casting them. Her aim was purely to drain Karna and Jeanne mana and buy her some time.

'I wonder why they are not using scrolls, staves and wands?'

Both Jeanne and Karna magic resistance completely negated the effects of low to mid-tier spells, regardless of how powerful their casters were. In contrast, Shalltear's magic resistance was affected by her opponent's stats and levels. Even a tenth tier spell by a weak magic caster would not be able to breach her resistance, but against a powerful magic caster — like Karna or Jeanne — first tier spells were the limit.

Some scrolls were affected by their creator's skills, but for the most part, they were made at the minimum possible level that allowed for their creation, which also meant that they were fixed at the lowest possible caster level. Thus, there was a high chance that scrolls would not be able to breach Shalltear's defenses. Was that why they hadn't done it?

As Shalltear analyzed the combat conditions, Jeanne continued casting a spell.

"「Maximize Magic - Thousand Divine Lance」!"

Countless — well over one or two thousand — lances of pure white holy energy form in the sky around Jeanne. The ivory spears assailed the defensive barrier from all directions. Soon, she heard the sound of what seemed like glass cracking, and Shalltear's protective barrier shattered with it. Scattered chips of bone flew in all directions, melting away into nothingness.

"Cheh!"

She had not expected this magic barrier — upon which she had spent a significant amount of mana — to be broken in one move. Shalltear was unable to believe this as an attack on her continued.

"It's not over yet! 「Maximize Magic - Thousand Divine Lance」!"

"—「Greater Teleportation」."

Her teleport destination was an open space in the air, outside of the 「Delay Teleportation」 spell's area of effect.

"Don't think you can get away — 「Maximize Magic - exploding shot」."

Shalltear had expected Karna to follow up with some kind of attack against her. His Spear glowed a bright crimson and he launched it with full force, it came flying over, as though aimed at the place Shalltear would appear after teleporting.

She seemed calm and collected as always, but Shalltear was quite fascinated by Karna and Jeanne incredible prowess. These masterful abilities could only have been honed through long experience.

Shalltear quickly evoked an Impure Shockwave Shield. A wave of force — colored reddish-black like clotted blood — spread forth, it had stop the lance from piercing her but the resulting explosion blew her back upon contact but did not cause too much damage thanks to her shield.

This was one of Shalltear's skills, which combined offense and defense.

"Cheh!"

Karna clicked his tongue at this. Shalltear had done so earlier because things had not gone as planned, but for Karna, it was because he could no longer relax around her.

'Damnit Peroronchino, why did you give her so many skills, we need her to completely used up all her skills — Jeanne i got a plan—'

A gigantic divine lance appeared in Shalltear hand. It was well over three meters long with an especially large head. The aura of purity it emanated proved that this was no ordinary weapon. It reflected the rays of the sun in its silver radiance, producing a beautiful and eye catching display.

This lance of holy energy could pierce through any armor and could not be counter by other spell 9th tier and below.

"What is that!" Jeanne said in shock.

"Well that's new..."

"Ohh whats wrong my lords, for all of your preparation, you can't counter this, Purifying Javelin!"

Shalltear released the platinum lance as she laughed at Karna. She did not throw it like a javelin, but instead it rose by itself and darted out. This was a weapon which was guaranteed to hit if she spent additional MP—

"Guwaargh!"

—And hit it did, piercing Karna chest for the first time. In Shalltear's eyes, that unmoving and stoic face seemed to twist in pain.

"Karna!" Jeanne screamed.

"Ahahaha! That's a holy-element weapon for you; it seems like it was quite effective!" — 'if I can just hold off lord Karna, than maybe i can escape, for right now I just need to focus on lord Karna and try to evade and maybe try to deplete his MP and HP as fast as possible and evade lady Jeanne for right now, I can do this!'

Shalltear summoned the gigantic lance to her hand again, and cast it forth once more. The lance travelled at unavoidable speed, this time piercing Jeanne shoulders.

"「Maximize Magic - Reality Slash」!"

Karna cast a powerful spell.

When one reached the highest level of the strongest warrior class, World Champion, one would learn the supreme, ultimate skill called 「World Break」. This tenth tier spell was merely an inferior copy of that skill, but it was still among the most damaging spells in the game.

It cleaved through the very fabric of space, and fresh blood fountained from Shalltear's chest.

A hit from this powerful attack spell could disregard virtually any form of magical defense, but the damage dealt converted back into health and flowed back into her body, as though time itself had reversed to render the attack completely ineffective.

Jeanne howled at this:

"That wasn't normal recovery magic, what did you just do!?"

"There's no need to get worked up, lady Jeanne. That was a skill too, lord peroroncino saw it fit to bestowed me with plenty" Shalltear answered as she gloated over him "this just prove that he's a better ruler than you are!"

"—That felt like it came from the heart." Jeanne remarks.

That emotionless tone — or perhaps it was so calm that one could not pick out any emotions from it — filled Shalltear with doubt. However, before it could settle in, Karna shouted:

"Here I come, Shalltear! I'll show you that no matter what skills you have, none of them can hold a candle to mine!"

"Aha! You want a showdown of firepower then? Don't think I'll lose to you!" — 'i just need goat him into using all of his MP, I can probably deal with his skill with my magic, but I also need to save that up to fight lady Jeanne, this fight isn't fair at all!...wait I still have that in stored...should i used it now?... no'—

—A 「Maximize Magic - Reality Slash」 spell crossed paths with a Purifying Javelin, each tearing into the bodies of their targets.

As the two of them traded attacks again, Shalltear laughed at Karna foolishness in her heart. At the same time, she was confused —

'why am I fighting him?'

Shalltear Bloodfallen was a Floor Guardian of Nazarick, set over the First to Third Floors. At the same time, she was a loyal subordinate made by the Supreme Being Peroroncino. That being the case, was it not bizarre that she would be fighting other Supreme being of equal status to her creator? Why was she doing battle with two of the supreme ones, who was another member of the Forty One Supreme Beings?

If her creator had so ordered, she would obey and fight with all her strength. Even if all of Nazarick were her enemies, she would charge at them without a moment's hesitation. Yet, this was not the case.

She thought and she thought and she thought, but she could not find an answer.

Still, she could not stop herself. It was as though someone was whispering into her ear, "Shalltear, you have to kill the enemy with everything you have."

Shalltear inspected both Karna and Jeanne MP consumption with 「Mana Essence」, and then she fought to suppress the laughter rising in her heart. At the same time, she reversed time to recover her health.

More powerful spells consumed more mana. 「Reality Slash」 was one of those spells, and it was quite inefficient, in terms of damage caused for mana expended. Even so, Karna was still using it. Shalltear thought that perhaps Karna was hoping to deplete her health and claim victory before the battle became a brawl.

Shalltear narrowed her eyes and focused on Jeanne, who was casting big spells.

'Very well, then I just have to adapt to whatever she comes up with'

Shalltear's skills were divided into the at-will and limited use types. Turning back time to recover damage could only be done three times a day. The Purifying Lance was also only usable three times a day, while the Impure Shockwave Shield could only be used one more time today.

Still, there was no point in being miserly about them. Shalltear's plan was to end the battle with Karna in a melee fight when his MP is gone and his HP is almost depleted. Her MP and skills were essentially tools to deplete Karna MP.

After throwing her final Purifying Javelin, Shalltear accepted the 「Reality Slash」 counterattack, and decided to move into the second phase of the battle.

"How about this, then? 「Summon Holy Angel Tenth」."

"As if I'd let you! 「Greater Rejection」!"

The summoned holy monsters were dispelled in an instant.

Shalltear faked a stern expression, and then cast another spell "「Maximize Magic - True Dark」!"

"「Triplet Maximize Magic - Inferno」."

The spell engulfed both of them, Jeanne was gritting her teeth, as she felt the negative energy running through her body, while three gigantic pillar of fire burned through Shalltear's body.

This was the first time in this battle that she had felt her health drop like a rock, which put a look of displeasure on Shalltear's face.

'Did she make preparations to resist negative attack?'

No matter how powerful one was, one could not prepare to resist all elemental attacks. There was a limit to that, even if a heteromorphic character combined their racial resistances with job classes that granted resistances and outfitted themselves from head to toe in resistance-granting divine class gear. However, by focusing on specific resistances, a character could make themselves immune to elements to which they should have been weak.

In other words, Jeanne had forsaken her other resistances and focused on raising her negative resistance.

Shalltear: "「Maximize Magic - Frozen Aura」."

Karna: "「Maximize Magic - Brilliant Flame」."

Karna was repeatedly assaulted by cold damage while Shalltear was engulfed in holy fire.

In this moment — Shalltear did not miss the fact that Karna had flinched.

Although he was trying to cover it up by changing his stance, there was no way he could cover up the fact that he was trying to remain stoic in the face of pain.

Shalltear smiled inwardly, because she had found his weakness.

No, she could not blame him for that. After all, most fire Demon were highly vulnerable to cold/ice-element attacks. It was very difficult to remove that weakness, and if he had geared himself to resist the holy element, there was no way for him to do so.

The two of them locked eyes, and Shalltear cast her next spell.

Naturally, the spell Shalltear had chosen was still 「Frozen Aura」

They exchanged magic and clashes in this back-and-forth fashion for some time. Shalltear had lost a sizeable amount of health. In fact, her HP (health) might well be zero had she not secretly used MP on skills which defended against spells.

From what she could see, Karna MP was greatly reduced from what it had been when they had first started out. The thing that bothers her the most was his HP, it dropped but not nearly as it should have.

'Could it be that he prepared a defensive or healing magic beforehand?' she could see Karna fighting spirit burning in his eyes.

"Then, time to recover. 「Maximize Magic - Greater Lethal」."

Positive energy restored the health of the living, while negative energy would damage them. However, the opposite was true for the undead. Thus, 「Greater Lethal」, which channelled vast quantities of negative energy, was the most powerful healing spell that Shalltear (one of the undead) could cast.

"I see. It would seem I've lost some health as well — 「Greater Lethal」."

Shalltear blinked several times, unable to believe what was happening before her eyes. However, she had to accept the fact that Karna wounds were recovering before her eyes, even if she could not quite believe it.

"...Eh? Why is it that you can cast the divine spell 「Greater Lethal」? Was it on your class's spell list?"

"No, sadly, this is not an innate ability, but an effect from a magic item. This magic item only allows me to use a single specific spell, and requires me to use an equipment slot, nor can that spell be enhanced with skills. It is also much weaker than someone casting the spell off their own list, so you could say it has many drawbacks."

As Karna complained, he used 「Greater Lethal」 again, causing Shalltear in turn to mumble, "that's a spanner in the works, isn't it?" Still, her aim was to deplete her foe's MP and skills, so the plan was not yet ruined.

With that in mind, Shalltear continued casting 「Greater Lethal」 to recover her health. Since Shalltear was a level one hundred character, it took awhile for her to fully recover.

At the end, she cast—

"「Maximize Magic - Greater Lethal」."

'Jeanne, it time for phase 2, it now your turn' —

'right' —Jeanne jumped in front of Karna to allow him to fully heal, Jeanne then proceed to cast a defensive magic, while Karna began to prep a skill.

"「Body of Effulgent Beryl」."

Shalltear had not received much knowledge from Peroroncino. Thus, she did not know what the 「Body of Effulgent Beryl」 spell did. However, the green radiance that surrounded Jeanne appeared once more, so Shalltear concluded that it must be some kind of defensive magic.

'That seems about right. I'll launch a direct attack next'

Jeanne calmly studied Shalltear, who was bracing her Spuit Lance. She had to triumph in this melee if she was to attain victory.

The back of Shalltear armor bulged out, and a pair of bat wings burst forth, as though going straight through the plates. Jeanne knew what would happen next.

Several giant bats flapped out from behind Shalltear to the sky. These were Elder Vampire Bats summoned through her Household Summons skill. In addition, she continued summoning Vampire Bat Swarms.

They were not strong monsters, but Jeanne could not let them do as they pleased. Jeanne cast a spell:

"「Triplet— Maximize Magic: Divine Bombardment」."

Multiple magic circles appear in the sky and out of those circles were multiple beams of light in the shape of an arrow. The spell showed its true potency against a large number of flying creatures, and the proof of that was adequately shown as the arrows pierce through the Elder Vampire Bats in an instant, the force of which the arrows pierce through the bats were so great that it nick up a small dust cloud.

Just as the Vampire Bats were vanishing after being torn apart — a shadow broke free of the cloud of dust.

It was a crimson shadow, bursting out of the dust at top speed. The lance it thrust before itself left an afterimage in the onlookers' eyes, like the fiery plume of a rocket.

Jeanne barely react in time and manage to pull out the sword at waist. There weapon clash back and forth for awhile and they seen to be even in terms of strength and skill.

With one blow Shalltear manage to hit Jeanne in the abdomen while Jeanne manage to cut shalltear in the arm.

The weapon which had struck Jeanne did bludgeoning damage, Jeanne was forced back and Shalltear yield in pain from the holy sword that had cut her arm.

Any pain which Jeanne felt would cut out once its intensity exceeded a certain threshold. This was why even Leaticia (her IRL name), who lacked combat experience, could endure this pain and calmly deal with it.

However, Jeanne will was stronger than that weak mind.

Shalltear did not cease her attack, even as Jeanne considered what steps to take next.

Having impaled her with the tip of Shalltear lance, she continued driving it forward, ramming the point straight into Jeanne body and forcing the thicker part of the lance behind it into her. Jeanne felt her body tearing apart, as well as a burst of intense pain, accompanied by the sensation of her health depleting further.

Thus, Jeanne decided to activate the 「Body of Effulgent Beryl」.

The green light which enfolded her shattered.

The tenth tier spell 「Body of Effulgent Beryl」 reduced the effectiveness of bludgeoning attacks against its subject while it was in effect, and it could completely negate one instance of bludgeoning damage after it was cast.

The 「Body of Effulgent Beryl」 absorbed the damage dealt by the lance, and so it seemed as though time had turned itself backward, the lance's tip retreating back outside Jeanne body.

Jeanne moved back to where she had been standing before the lance had impaled her. As Shalltear watched her in bafflement, Jeanne cast another spell.

"「Protection of Heaven Gate」!"

A golden gate made of holy energy erupted between the two of them. The gate holy radiance force her to be on guard.

"「Maximize Magic - Force Explosion」."

An invisible shockwave exploded from Shalltear. The golden gate buckled under the invisible impact, and then completely disintegrated.

The pulverized chunks of iron patterned like rain as they fell. Still, Jeanne had bought some time for Karna, so it had been worthwhile.

"Release!"

In accordance with Karna command, one of his skills activated「Divine Execution」 triggered three magic circles, each of which released thirty streaks of light, for a total of ninety. These white bolts of light were non-elemental 「Magic Arrows」. The dazzling afterimage left behind as they travelled through the air were like the spread wings of an angel — an angel of death.

Sensing something odd, Shalltear desperately tried to evade them, but the ivory bolts of light turned a full ninety degrees in mid-air and chased her down, falling on her like hail.

The ninety magical bolts scored hit after hit on Shalltear, rapidly dropping her health.

The reason why they could pierce Shalltear's defense so easily was because Karna had used another skill to temporarily boost his skill to the equivalent of tenth tier spells.

Karna was not finished yet.

"Now! 「Skill Kavacha and Kundala: O' Sun Become Armor and Weapon」."

Karna body glowed and so did his weapon, he launched at Shalltear and when he was in rang, Karna swipe the ground below Shalltear feet and the result was a titled wave of crimson flame. It completely covered Shalltear and burned her a great deal.

Fighting through tremendous amount of pain, Shalltear pulled herself before him, spurting blood and scream as she did. Then, she suddenly curled herself up. The air distorted — and a massive shockwave erupted from Shalltear's body.

'That isn't a 「Force Explosion」! That's an Impure Shockwave Shield!'

The shock wave generated by the skill blew away the flame and smashed into Karna, sending him flying slightly into the distance.

Perhaps the Impure Shockwave Shield had been enhanced by another skill, but Karna had a great deal of difficulty as he tries to stop his momentum with his feet. He had even had to use the grace of his 「Fly」 spell to fully stop his movement.

'Now!' Shalltear unexpectedly turn and use her wings to fly away.

"Obito!" Jeanne shouted out.

Obito: "[Katon: Gōkakyū no Jutsu]" a torrent of flame in the shape of a giant ball came hurraling at Shalltear.

Shalltear barely dodges by the skin of her teeth but—

Itachi: "[Katon: Hōsenka no Jutsu]"

Multiple smaller version of the fireball she just dodged came flying at her but this time it hit her and deal quite a bit of damage.

"Aahhaaa!" Shalltear desperately try flapped her wings and tries to escape despite her immense pain.

"[Sōfūshasan no Tachi]"

Shisui appeared above her and fling multiple shuriken at her, however none of them hit her, instead wires that was attached to the shuriken, wrapped all around her body, Shisui then fling her to the ground. Sasuke grabbed the wire from Shisui and put the end of the wire in his mouth, with a deep breath he released a torrent of flame in the shape of a dragon that travel along the iron wires.

"[Katon: Gōryūka no Jutsu]"

Shalltear could feel her body burn away, as she desperately struggles to get free of the wires that was binding her but the flame burn the wire instead and Shalltear broke free.

"T-th-the U-uchiha!?" Smoke still linger on her body and blood was dripping down her lips and her armor and pale face were filled with burns, scuffs and browse.

'I have no choice, this is essentially sucide but there is no way I can win now…'

"「Force Sanctuary」." A white radiance filled the area around Shalltear, a defensive barrier made of pure mana.

Karna saw a ball of white light coalesce in front of Shalltear, which slowly shaped itself into a humanoid form.

Karna was very aware of what that was.

His unmoving face slowly turned into a smile.

"It's here… It's finally here, huh? I knew she'd would use 「Einherjar」 sooner or later..."

The white light fully resolved itself into the shape of a person.

If one ignored the bleached-white armor and the glowing skin, it was the spitting image of Shalltear.

Karna understood that the resemblance was not merely cosmetic.

While it lacked Shalltear's spellcasting ability and several skills, and had no magic items, its weapons, armor, and stats were otherwise identical to Shalltear. It was not undead, but a golem-like Construct. The two creature types had nearly identical resistances and immunities.

In other words, there was another Shalltear, who could only fight in melee combat.

In addition, Shalltear had summoned countless minions, like wolves, bats, rats, and the like—

These summoned minions were not as powerful as the Einherjar, but he could not discount their power in a group.

'I could wipe them all out with an area-effect spell — Obito, you and your brothers surround her, do not let her escape, when Einherjar attack, I want you all to stop it or kill it as fast as possible — alright it finally the final stretch of this fight, Jeanne, buy me some time ok, alright everyone let's finish this!'

Just as Karna was about to make his next move, the Einherjar charged, and that along with something else surprised him.

'Now that's just unfair!' Karna cursed.

'To think she would actually do something like that' Jeanne thought.

'Well it looks like she is somewhat smarter than I gave her credit for' Obito thought.

What they saw were the sight of Shalltear's summoned minions disappearing one after the other, their bodies pierced by the Spuit Lance.

Shalltear was killing her summoned minions with the Spuit Lance to restore her health.

The summoned minions steadily died and vanished.

This was an unexpectedly cruel fact.

Since friendly fire was in effect, this too should have been an expected outcome.

The charging Einherjar clash with Jeanne, she was taken aback slightly as her focus of Shalltear turn to the Einherjar. In the second that Jeanne was in a shock state, the Einherjar manages to hit her in her shoulder.

The expressionless Einherjar continued its attack, but it attack was blocked by Shisui wakizashi as he uses his [Body Flicker] skills —which allow one to teleport a short distance with perfect accuracy— to appear in front of the Einherjar.

Obito appears above both Shisui and the Einherjar and kick the Einherjar in the face which knocked it back a fair distance away from them. Itachi followed up with a kick of his own and knocked it back even further, he then reached into the pouch behind him and pulled out 3 kunai with paper tag attached to it and throw it toward the Einherjar.

The kunai pierce the Einherjar and the paper tag exploded. A moment later the Einherjar burst out of the cloud of dust, its charge at the Uchiha Brothers again.

Itachi jump back and the Einherjar charged straight at Obito, with its lance raised high it thrust it forward in the hopes of piercing Obito heart. However — '[Mangekyo Sharingan]'— the three tomoe in Obito [Sharingan] spins and converge into a Kaleidoscopic pattern.

—The lance along with the entire body of the Einherjar just past through Obito body.

—-—-

"What happened!?" Albedo said in complete shock.

"What Obito just did was use one of his skills, this skill was derived from his [Mangekyo Sharingan] job class and it is called [Kamui], it allows Obito to use his right eye to temporarily transfer all or parts of his body to a dimension. His body and anything he's holding will remain visible to others, but they won't be able to interact with him, thus making him intangible for a short amount of time" Ainz explains as the guardians was in awe.

'At least that was what the lore said…'

"And in Obito left eye, it can allow Obito to looks at a target and creates a "barrier space" around them, with the barrier's size being determined by the user. When the user concentrates, anything within the barrier is pulled towards its centre, transferring the target to a dimension"

"That powerful…" Demiurge said in awe "so the user can hypothetically snipe a target from afar or at least at the user eye range?"

"Hypothetically yes…"

"That's. Amazing. He's. Almost. Invincible. With. That. Ability!" an icy breath escape from Cocytus mouth.

"Yes, almost, the downside to this is that if one is faster than Obito, they can hit him and if he was to use his right eye ability, he can't attack back while in that state, also as lord Ainz had just said, he can only remain in that intangible state for a short amount of time" Demiurge explain as he pushed up his glasses and let out a smile.

Ainz nodded in confirmation "and each time it is used, the user will lose a sizable chunk of their MP"

"Even so that is quite power" Albedo said "my lord, please correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't the other Uchiha has the [Mangekyo Sharingan] job class as well?"

"Yes, they all do"

"Then can they all use the [Kamui] ability?" Albedo ask.

"No, the [Mangekyo Sharingan] job class is very unique, each possessor of the [Mangekyo Sharingan] job class all has different abilities, for example Itachi [Mangekyo Sharingan] ability is to cast a very powerful illusion that can bypass any resistance, it is call [Tsukuyomi], Shisui [Kotoamatsukami] can control multiple targets without them even knowing it and Sasuke is able to control and manipulate the black flame of [Amatersu] which could burn for seven days and seven nights — 'I wonder if those lores are correct' — however, each one of these ability does have a limit and have weakness and the user can't use these abilities infinitely"

"Now. I. Know. Why. They. Are. Called. One. Of. The. Strongest. Creation. Of. The. Supreme. Beings. To. Ever. Be. Made…"

—-—-—

As the Einherjar completely past through Obito body, Sasuke [Sharingan] also change. Instead of a Kaleidoscopic pattern, Sasuke eyes change from a three tomoe to a flower pattern.

"[Enton Kagutsuchi]" Black flame suddenly appeared and completely covered the Einherjar. The flame did not just stop with the Einherjar, it spread throughout the battle until it reached Shalltear.

Shalltear, sensing something wrong, spread out her wings and quickly fly up into the sky as the black flame scorched and destroyed all of the Einherjar and her familiars.

The land was still set ablaze with the black flame as Karna began to walk toward Shalltear who slowly descend from the sky.

'Let end this' Karna though.

Karna had sixty levels of job classes, and one of them was quite special.

It was a class that was very rare even in YGGDRASIL, held only by a small number of players.

Karna could enter this class because he was fixated on pure power and stick to a specific type of character. If he hadn't pursued character power, he would not have discovered this class by chance.

This was because the class's entry requirements were five levels of [Conqueror of Flame]. In normal games, most people would spread the news of a newly-discovered class on walkthrough sites to share with others. However, games like YGGDRASIL put a very high premium on information. For instance, few people would share news about a World Class Item with others without charge. This was especially true for classes with trump cards.

The class in question was called "Son of The Sun God." And because of this class Karna was able to become famous in YGGDRASIL, he was hailed as the strongest player and where his title came from.

The class description stated, "Only a child who can conquer even the flame of divinity and is born to the god of the sun may enter this class, which destroys all life with the flame of the divine."

The move Karna was planning to use was one which was only available after reaching the maximum level of 5 in the [Son of The Sun God], a skill which could only be used once every hundred hours.

This AOE skill was the trump card of the class.

That skill was called—

'Everyone it time to evacuate, go now!'

—'he's going to use it, —Ikarus activate Aegis now!' Jeanne commanded as Obito sucked everyone into the Kamui dimension along with himself.

The red gem embedded in Karna chest began to light up and glow a bright red as fire began to form around his body "「O'Sun Abide to Death: Vasavi Shakti」!"

Karna began to lifted off the ground and fly to the heavens, his body seen to glowed a light red before it burst into crimson flame, four red blades spread out from his back along with a streak of purple energy. His cape disappears along with his armor, Karna spear began to change, it grew longer and at it tip a black blade appeared and it grew wider with a purple line at it center that stretch it the tip. Karna raised the spear to the heavens as a small sun began to appear at the tip. It did not take long before the sky was completely blocked by a giant ball of fire, at it center was Karna.

The air that hung around the battlefield was intense, it was unbearable, so much so that the trees themselves burst into flame and the area around it was completely scorched.

"This fight is over Shalltear, goodbye…" with that, Karna brought down his spear as it pointed at Shalltear, the sun began to descend.

The earth was forever scared and everything within that area died that day, no life would ever grow again.

—-—-—

—A few miles away from the fight with Shalltear, each of the Angeloids could feel a wave of scorching heat wash through them.

"!"

—"What is this tremendous heat?!" Astil thought.

—'Ikarus activate Aegis now!'—

A few miles away from Astil location —"that lady Jeanne!" Nymph shouted in surprise.

All of the four Angeloid look in the direction of the fight and saw gigantic ball of fire in the sky "It has begun" Ikarus green eyes began to change from organ to red as she spread out her light pink wings and took to the sky at lightning speed.

Once Ikarus was at the maximum height she activated her skill Aegis. This was one of the most powerful defenses in YGGDRASIL, it can even tank three super tier magic.

Her wings began to change from light pink to that of bright —almost blinding— white. "[Aegis]" a light blue sphere with Hexagon pattern expands outward from Ikarus body as it covered the entire area of the forest, enveloping Karna and Shalltear.

—-—-—

The battlefield was akin to a nuclear explosion site, the scale of this attack was three times more than that of the super tier magic [Collapsing Heavens] and it leaves three times the crater size as well.

Karna trump card, 「O'sun Abide to Death: Vasavi Shakti」was an AOE attack that was classified as an anti-army and a anti-divine attack. It was the most sought out skill by players in YGGDRASIL, it was so powerful it was rumored by players that it can solo some of the toughest bosses in the game. This attack can bypass any immunities or resistance and can kill the user targets in an instance.

However the downside to this is that once this skill is used, all other skills will be unusable for an hour and「O'sun Abide to Death: Vasavi Shakti」won't be able to be used in a few days. This attack can also be resisted if one used a resurrection effect on before the skill take affect, as Shalltear had. So if one was to use this attack, they must be sure that it will kill the opponent in one shot or they will be left completely defenseless.

The air and the land was scorched, not even ashes remain, in short everything had died because of that attack.

In YGGDRASIL, the environment would not have succumbed, but in this new world, the effects were quite appropriate to the skill. All things were equal in the face of Death.

Karna himself was taken aback by this strange effect. The land had not been burnt and scorched like this in YGGDRASIL. He could not help but shake his head after witnessing the effects of the game's powers in the real world.

However, Karna swallowed back his surprise. The pride in his heart would not permit him to show any sign of shock. Instead, he acted as though this had been part of his plan. Carrying himself with the arrogance that befitted a ruler, he gently asked the sole survivor:

"What do you think, after experiencing the power that can slay even the gods?"

The wind blew, dispersing the hot and chard air between them. That wind carried his words to her.

"Incredible, I would expect nothing less of you, Lord Karna. My household summons are dead to the last. However, your MP is nearly depleted and your health is half of what it used to be, while my health is still at maximum, I had to deplete all of my MP and use up all my skills in order to drain your MP, lord Karna. You would have won if it weren't for that attack which leave you defenseless, you have almost zero MP and your skills are blocked, did you not know about the resurrection Item lord peroroncino gave me?"

Shalltear smile an arrogant smile as she tightened her grip on the Spuit Lance. Even though Karna could not use his skills or magic, he was still a formidable opponent so she was still on guard but she was sure her victory was assured. Though she now have the advantage she was still every wary of Karna, even if he couldn't use his skill he still have some MP left and he was still far superior in weapons combat.

Karna merely smiled and stood proudly where he was.

Shalltear's forehead twitches.

She was very annoyed.

She was very annoyed at Karna nonchalance. However, in the end Shalltear managed to swallow her rising uneasiness.

Shalltear slowly closed the distance between them. Even if her enemy tried to cast a spell from a scroll or directly attack her, Shalltear was confident of being able to strike faster than him. Thus, there was no need to be hasty.

She could sense his determination from his stance.

—"I want to thank you Shalltear, I want to thank you for perfectly playing into all of this and I want you to know that this entire battle was meant for this very moment, so thank you"

"What!?"

"You think you have the advantage, don't you? My friend Peroroncino told me a great many things when he was making you. After we came to this world, I took the liberty of memorizing everyone's information. However, aside from mine and Jeanne NPC, you are probably the NPC in Nazarick with whom I am most familiar—"

Karna smiled and stand before her without running away because he was confident of attaining victory.

"Besides, last time I checked there were two of us, it is time to end this… JEANNE!"

The flow of blood meant nothing to the undead, but Shalltear could feel hers draining from her face. In exchange, a wave of agitation spread through her entire body.

The anxious, uneasy and even fearful Shalltear clutched at her Spuit Lance, intending to finish this battle right away, intending to kill her foe with strike after strike, as fast as possible. She leaped forward with lightning speed as she attends to kill Karna with one shot.

A hand reach forward from behind Shalltear and grabbed her shoulder "let's finish this fight elsewhere shall we?" The voice of Obito Uchiha rang throughout Shalltear ears.

Obito eyes glowed a bright red as Shalltear was sucked into Obito eyes like a swirling world pool the only thing remains of her was her shock and fearful cries which echoed throughout the battlefield "NOOO!".

"Keep Jeanne safe and if she hesitated to kill Shalltear..." Karna said.

"Do not worry my lord I will deliver the kill if need be, I will not fail you" Obito bowed deeply as he too began to be sucked into his eye.

'I'd leave everything in your hands then' Karna turned back and began to walk to where Aura and Mare was.

—-

Shalltear suddenly appears in a world composed of an innumerable amount of randomly arranged and differently sized rectangular prisms amongst a dark and seemingly endless void.

"W-what's going?! Where is this place!?" Shalltear screamed as she frantically looked around her to see if anyone was around. As she turned around, she saw the Uchiha brothers standing behind Obito.

"Where am I!?"

"You are in my world, the world of Kamui, if you want to escape, you have to either kill me or go find an escape route, so Shalltear Bloodfallen, creation of one of the 41 Supreme Beings lords Peroroncino the avian lord of the sky and Guardians of the first to third floor of the great underground tomb of Nazarick, which do you choose?"

'There is no way I can kill him, especially with his brothers around that only leaves me with one choice—' Shalltear hesitated to that choice because of her pride but eventually she leaped back with great speed and flies off to find that escape route.

"What a disappointing answer" Obito remarks.

An instant before Shalltear could get any further, a flash of gold and silver went by so fast that Shalltear can't even register it. On pure Instinct she raised her Spuit Lance to attack whatever it was that just went by.

A clear, crisp sound rang forth.

Shalltear could not help but doubt her eyes.

This was impossible.

Jeanne appear in front of her and Shalltear Spuit Lance was blocked by Jeanne sword that was now pure white instead of the once shining silver. Shalltear froze as she beheld the scene before her.

Jeanne usual dark purple dress and silver armor was replaced by a set of pure white dress and armor, even her head ornament was now as white as her clothes and armor. All of her current equipment was radiating a pure, holy light, from her hair and eyes to her entire body, it radiant a holy and pure aura.

From her superior height, Jeanne looked toward Shalltear. (Jeanne is 5.2 and Shalltear is 4.9)

No… she was probably looking down on Shalltear.

—-

Ainz and the Guardians was still watching the battle intently but not with the「Crystal Monitor」because the battle was now in another dimension and the「Crystal Monitor」did not allow for that type of surveillance. Instead they where watch through a magic mirror that did allow for that use, this mirror was called「The Eye of The All Father」.

As they watch on, they eventually witness Jeanne new form. There was a loud bang as a hand struck the magnificently crafted wooden table, which shuddered from the blow it had taken.

One of the guardians had struck the table several times, but this was the first time that particular person had done so.

"Amazing! What. An. Honor. To. See. That. Armor. That. Form. This. Is. Lady. Jeanne. Most. Powerful. Equipment. [The Heavenly Maiden]!"

"[The Heavenly Maiden]?" Albedo said in awe as she name the armor.

"Correct, the armor she's wearing is one of the reasons why she is one of the most powerful players in YGGDRASIL"

"Isn't that armor on par with lord Touch-Me?" Demiurge asked as he pushed up his glasses.

Cocytus seemed very excited — no, in truth, he was very excited — as he exclaims:

"Yes. It. Is. Even. Though. That. Armor. Is. Not. One. Of. The. Nine. World. Champions. Armors. It. Still. Possess. The. Same. Or. At. The. Every. Least. Equivalent. Power. To. A. World. Champions!"

A World Champion armor could only belong to only nine people in YGGDRASIL who win the developer-sanctioned tournament could possess the class of World Champion, and the company awarded a special piece of equipment to the champion as a prize.

Touch Me had chosen his suit of white armor. These specially-made armor complemented his status as a World Champion, and its abilities exceeded those of divine class items, putting it on par with Guild Weapons. Of course, since it was a gift to the champion, only the World Champion could equip it, unless an item or skills created for the sole purpose to bypass it was used.

However the pure white armor and dress which Jeanne wore was created especially for her by her friend Amanomahitotsu who was a talented blacksmith of Ainz Ooal Gown. Though the armor was not as powerful as Touch-Me world champions armor, it was still comparable as Amanomahitotsu work day and night to created for her. He had used many rare materials that the guild had gathered over the years to make it. By the time the armor was finished an entire year had even by, this just proves the level of care and craftsmanship that went into this armor.

—-

—The sound of clashing metal rang forth.

"Gyaaaaah—!"

An unbelievable sight unfolded before Shalltear's eyes. The edge of the blade cleaved into Shalltear's chest from her shoulder, until it reached her unbeating heart.

Shalltear's crimson armor was dyed an even deeper shade of red. She scrambled back, looking at Jeanne in shock.

Jeanne sword was gone and in her hand she held a spear with a white flag that was wrapped around the handle. he spear was pure white and the silver blade at its end cut through Shalltear's armor as though slicing through paper.

Her armor was a legendary class item. Only a rare few divine class weapons could go through it with such ease.

Then — there was only one answer.

Yes.

Jeanne was holding one of those few weapons—

Shalltear screamed the name of that spear as she coughed up blood.

"Luminosité Eternelle!"

Shalltear leaped back, avoiding the strike from the spear. The fact that she had jumped so far beyond the spear striking range was a sign of how frightened she was of that weapon.

However, nobody would mock Shalltear for doing so, even less so if they were denizens of the Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick.

Rather, they would have sympathetic looks on their faces, because they all feared this weapon of the Supreme Being.

They feared the sight of this spear, named after gods protection and wielded by Jeanne D'arc, one of the strongest Forty One Supreme Beings.

"Did the Supreme Ones not say so, Shalltear? The guild Ainz Ooal Gown does not know defeat, so Shalltear Bloodfallen, open your eyes and witness the might of the ruler of the Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick, and the people whom you praise with your very own mouth." Obito said as he along with his brothers leaped back in order to give the two some room to fight.

"Shalltear, this fight is now over, you are not just fighting 1 or 2 of the supreme beings but 41, this battle was decided before it had even begun" Jeanne calmly said as she took a step forward, and Shalltear immediately took two steps back.

Her words rang with absolute confidence and the utmost assurance.

Those words were the signal for the attack.

Jeanne leap forward and delivered blindingly fast strike with her spear. Multiple cuts appeared on Shalltear body as the holy spear came forward once more with a powerful thrust attack.

Shalltear leapt away, preparing to jump forward as she did. Her aim was to counterattack Jeanne in the opening after she made her move. Sure enough, it was hard to be overly precise with the spear Luminosité Eternelle, much like it was with the Spuit Lance.

The holy light swirled around Luminosité Eternelle and it rent the air as it came down — and then the tip of the blade halted in front of Shalltear, who was preparing to jump, before thrusting forward at incredible speeds.

No matter how strong one was, it was very difficult to stop a full-strength blow in the middle of a swing. This was especially true when one used a long and heavy weapon.

Yet, Jeanne could do it. This was because she had not used all her force to attack. In other words, she knew that the strike would have been avoided, so she had deliberately feinted an opening.

The continuation of that attack had also been planned out, down to which strike she would use to follow up. It was an instinctive, natural movement for a warrior.

Jeanne simply provided the bodily strength to turn it into reality.

'It'll be hard to avoid it'

That was what Shalltear calmly thought as she saw the tip of the spear coming at her, as fast as lightning. However, thrusts were a risky move. One could use the weaknesses of thrusting attacks to turn a dangerous situation into an opportunity.

'Then… it can't be helped'

Shalltear put her hand into the path of the thrust, having decided to sacrifice her left arm.

As the spear pierced her palm, Shalltear twisted her left hand, successfully diverting the thrust to one side.

It did not penetrate her chest, but the tip of the spear still drove through her left palm, into the muscle and bone, until it was deeply buried in her left arm. In addition, the holy light surrounding the spear coursed through and burned Shalltear's body.

Though she was undead, the sensation of being savagely penetrated still filled Shalltear with something resembling terror, though she kept the corners of her mouth raised.

It was a smile — not one which an injured person would make, but neither was it a brave front. After all, that was what Shalltear had intended.

Shalltear tensed her left arm. The spear halted, pinned down by her strength.

Thrusts were maneuvers that might end up leaving one's weapon stuck in a foe's flesh should they miss their mark. Hence, they were not very practical in combat. In other words, they had a weakness. Shalltear knew that weakness, which was why she had sacrificed her left arm to force an opening in her opponent's defense.

She could not have done so if she could not grasp the spear in her left hand in the instant before it impaled her — a feat which she had to perform within tenths of a second.

"You're wide open now!"

Now that her spear was tied up, Jeanne had no way of defending against the Spuit Lance.

As Shalltear thrust the Spuit Lance at lightning speed, she once more beheld a startling sight.

Jeanne stood still as the Spuit Lance came at her — "Luminosité Eternelle!" — the moment it did, it was repealed by a golden barrier that surrounded Jeanne. Her Luminosité Eternelle glowed a bright gold as Shalltear was flinged back by an invisible force.

"W-what just happen!?" Shalltear said in shock as she regains her balance.

—-

Shalltear question was shared by the Guardians as they looked to Ainz for answered.

"Luminosité Eternelle is god protection made into a weapon, it is a very powerful divine class holy weapon, it is the ultimate offense and the ultimate defense against the undead" Ainz explain "I guess you all could say it is the anti-undead weapon, no undead could defend against this weapon, even a level 100 undead with holy protection item like me could not stop that weapon from causing holy damage, by sacrificing her armor like that, she will never be able to heal it and for the rest of the battle, her HP will be repeatedly assaulted by holy damage" as Ainz finish, the guardians waste no time in praising the weapon to high heaven.

"It truly earn it name as one of the most powerful weapons among the 41!"

"Truly amazing!"

"Truly. A. Powerful. Weapon. That. Is. Rightfully. Feared!"

'Thinking back on it, the dev really hated heteromorph especially the undead, why else would they make those kinda weapons?! They even made certain city restricted to us, not to mention the rare classes one could gain when mass killing heteromorphic players… huh time was tough back then...'

—-

As Shalltear glared at Jeanne, she vowed to make Jeanne suffer more than her left hand had. She charged and thrust the Spuit Lance with all her might — and then it was deflected, with a clear, crisp sound of metal against metal.

"Eh?" Shalltear exclaimed in surprise.

The Spear was no longer in Jeanne hand, and in its place was her pure white sword, which had deflected the Spuit Lance and the blade was as blindingly brilliant as the sun itself.

"Let finish this in close quarter shall we, Shalltear?"

Jeanne push Shalltear back and the two continue lock blades, as they exchanged blows, Shalltear was push back —it want not because of Jeanne strength but her speed— inch by inch until she was near the edge of the giant cube that they were standing on. With another fast strike, Shalltear loses her balance and fell down the cube.

However, because of Shalltear wings, she was able to fly back up again.

But four pure white wings spread from Jeanne back —courtesy of having level in Angel races— as she flies up and aimed her blade at Shalltear neck. However the attack at her neck was a feint; Jeanne altered her blade course and streaked at her shoulder. It was only by the barest of margins that the Spuit Lance managed to deflect it.

As they continue to battle in the sky, Jeanne took the advantage of being faster and close the gap with Shalltear. Since her foe was using a massive weapon and she was using a smaller weapons, drawing nearer would make it harder for her opponent to make her move. This was the thinking of a veteran — one who was intimately familiar with that idea.

Then, Jeanne sword sliced into the gap in the Spuit Lance's defense and lightly pierced Shalltear's body.

"Aaaaaahhh!"

She wailed in pain.

Actually being stabbed did not hurt that much. The problem was the agony which came from the holy-element energy which filled her body like poison. That pain was much harder to bear.

Jeanne twisted her sword to a side while the blade was still in Shalltear, as though to saw open the wound.

"Get away from me!"

The distance between Shalltear and Jeanne was too narrow to use the Spuit Lance, so she kicked at Jeanne. She blocked it with a gauntlet hand, she then proceed to grab Shalltear foot and throw her to the ground with great force. Shalltear quickly stood up and regained her composure, at this moment, Shalltear saw that Jeanne sword had disappeared as she landed in front of her.

Then, in the sword place appeared the Luminosité Eternelle spear.

"Take this!"

—And as Jeanne shouted, she twirled the spear and swiped her spear in the air and a wave of light shot toward Shalltear with great speed.

Shalltear reflexively raised the Spuit Lance to defend herself, but the massive impact travelled through the Spuit Lance and washed over her entire body while burning it in the process.

"Gugyaaah!"

Shalltear yelped pathetically as the holy energy course through her body and she was flung backwards. She recovered her lost balance quickly thanks to her wings but a fire still burned inside her head.

"How, how dare you force such a pitiful sound out of me!… huh!?"

Her eyes shifted, and as she saw a massive globe of light, Shalltear's agitation vanished.

That flare of sunlight came from Jeanne who was now holding her sword but not at the handle but at the blade instead. Blood flow down her hand as the blade cut into her flesh, the fire that surrounded her flared up until it created a tornado of brilliant crimson flame.

"No, no way that's… [The Crimson Saint]!"

'Dammit! I'm out of skills! If I had saved some, I could defend myself with an Impure Shockwave Shield! I'm out of MP too! If I had known, I should have saved a few uses for… no!

Shalltear's eyes turned bloodshot and she bellowed. This was the expression of one who had realized their mistake after the fact, and who was determined not to admit defeat.

"Damn you! How did you obtain this much power!?"

"What sort of magician would I be if I told you the secret?"

As the crimson fire tornado expanded, it burst and unravel itself as sea of flame made it way toward Shalltear like a tsunami. She knew it was useless, but she tried to block it with the Spuit Lance anyway — and then her surroundings were enveloped by a blast of exploding brilliance.

Shalltear tried to think as the sacred radiance scorched her entire body. Retreating was pointless, where could she even go in this dimension and if this went on, there was nothing she could do but let Jeanne slaughter her at her leisure.

That white armor Jeanne wore had high defensive power, but she could not possibly be unscathed by a hit from the Spuit Lance. All she could do was count on her weapon's life-absorbing properties as she abandoned all defense and focused on an all-out attack.

"Uoooooh!"

Shalltear gave voice to a battlecry that did not suit her face. A cold, clear voice responded to her:

"That a good resolved Shalltear, but it end here"

Jeanne entire body glowed a bright gold, when the light faded she was now wearing her usual dark purple and silver dress and armor again. As Shalltear saw this, Shalltear hesitated on whether or not to advance, but in the end she took a step forward.

After all, there was nowhere for her to run.

"Tell me Shalltear, with the amount of HP you have left, can you still tank a super tier magic?"

"!?"

—-

"Finally the fight is over ...Jeanne wins."

Those solemn words slipped out from Ainz as he shook his head.

"I. Am. In. Awe. Of. The. Supreme. One. Prowess. They. Truly. Deserve. The. Title. Of. The. Strongest"

All of the guardians agreed with a nod as they, along with Ainz, began to head toward the throne room to prepare for Karna and Jeanne return and prepare for Shalltear resurrection.

—-

Knowing that defeat was at hand, Shalltear mindlessly charge at Jeanne.

In the face of that, Jeanne made her final move.

However there was a slight problem, to begin with, super tier magic was like a skill, and did not consume MP. However, it was still a form of magic, and when she cast it, she will not be able to defend herself from Shalltear Spuit Lance. The casting time was long and Shalltear could bring her HP back to haft with her Spuit Lance by the time the casting time was done.

But Jeanne had already thought of a counter to this. Her solution was —Cast Shop Item— and the Uchiha Brothers. Jeanne briefly went over the timing of her actions. First, she would have to get a fair distance away from Shalltear, and then she would use a cash item.

She smiled.

She had never been this profligate in the use of cash items before, even when PVPing in YGGDRASIL. This was the difference between a game and reality — between entertainment and survival.

'Obito, I am in need of your assistant, hold Shalltear off, I'm about to to cast a super tier magic'

'As you command my lady'

All of the Uchiha brothers stood up and they jump down from one of the giant cubes, Obito equips a wide fan with tomoe on it and it has a long handle with bandages wrapped around the base, as well as having a long chain attached to it. He blocked Shalltear's full-tilt attack with his gunbai which is a Legendary Class items.

Jeanne leapt a great deal of dispelled away from the fight between Obito and Shalltear and cast the super tier spell.

The same magic circle appeared around her as before, and she prepared to break the hourglass-like cash item.

—And then she suddenly hesitated.

This was because a wave of guilt flooded through her; guilt at murdering an NPC which her friend had painstakingly created.

Her hesitation was a fatal mistake.

Shalltear did not miss that opening. She noticed the item in Jeanne hand and deliver a powerful strike toward Obito which knock him a little. Take this opportunity, Shalltear charge straight at Jeanne and thrust her Spuit Lance, enhanced with a skill. Her plan was to destroy Jeanne's hand.

Having been in the middle of casting, Jeanne could not possibly avoid Shalltear's attack—

"I don't think so —[Tsukuyomi]!"

"Not good!" Shalltear exclaimed but by then it was already too late.

—And then Shalltear felt something.

Just as the Spuit Lance was about to destroy the item, she felt something on her spine. That was clearly hostility.

Someone hostile had appeared beside Shalltear, so obviously that she could not ignore it.

Shalltear averted her eyes from Jeanne to see who that enemy was.

And then — she found that there was nobody there, she was not even in the Kamui dimension anymore. Shalltear looked around confused, then saw was surrounded and sourm by black crows. She swung her lance from side to side to get rid of the crows. As she looked around, all she saw was a red moon casting a red light throughout the cloudy atmosphere, giving the background a blood-red appearance. As she looked up she saw an inverted grayscale.

—"This will be over in an instant"

—Back in the real world/the dimensions of Kamui—

"Thank you Itachi!" The hourglass shattered, reducing the casting time of the spell to zero, the magic circle expands and glowed even brighter until it was almost blinding.

"「Fallen Down」!"

With those words, a brilliant flash erupted between them and swallowed up everything.

Shalltear regain her sense but it was too late, she could feel her body disintegrating in the incredible heat.

Her carbonized right arm crumbled to dust, while the Spuit Lance slowly fell to what was probably the ground in this bleached-white world. Her face was shrivelled up from the incoming heat, and all she could see before her was whiteness.

Her throat was dried up too — in fact, she did not know if her throat had also been incinerated — so it was difficult to speak. Still, there was one thing she had to say. Shalltear Bloodfallen marshalled the last reserves of her vitality to give praise:

"...long live the 41 Supreme Beings. Truly, they are the mightiest of Nazarick..."

This was her sincere respect for the almighty Forty One Supreme Beings. The heatwave seemed to burn away her bindings, and though her body could not move, she felt unimaginably free as a single tear fell down her cheek.

Shalltear smiled, and said:

"...goodbye...Aura..."

Thus satisfied, Shalltear vanished into a world of white.

—

Karna sit at the edge of the cliff with one of his lag dangling down and the other was bent and was acting as his arm rest, behind him was Aura and Mare "It seems it finally over, right Obito?"

Obito was kneeling beside Karna as he nodded "Shalltear Bloodfallen is dead"

There was a look of annoyance on Aura face as she began scolding someone who was not there silently.

"You dummy… how could you let yourself get mind controlled, even though you were undead? That's just so stupid of you." She whispered.

"What, what's wrong, Onee-chan?"

"Hm? Nothing."

Mare knew his sister was in a bad mood, so he said nothing else, but obediently acknowledged her commands.

Aura's best friend had been mind-controlled, and made to point her lance at the beloved masters to whom they had all sworn their loyalty. While her execution was the expected outcome of such a course of action, she still felt upset about it.

Mare looked where Aura had been looking, but since he was deep in the forest, all he could see in any direction was trees. Still, he could tell what Aura was looking at from the way she was facing.

She should have been observing the battle between Shalltear and her masters up until they entered Obito dimension.

His big sister Aura could use a ranger skill to expand her field of vision to about two kilometers. This was why he and his sister were standing watch over the surroundings with the help of the Eyeball Corpses.

The form of the three remaining supreme beings— beings that not even the strongest Guardian could defeat — appeared in Mare's mind. It was a sensible conclusion; how could the Supreme Beings be defeated?

"Obito go and help Jeanne collect Shalltear equipment, Aura, Mare, its time we return to Nazarick"

"Yes my lord!" A [Gate] spell was cast and it immediately opened and the three minus Obito, step through.

'It seem like there ready' His eyes began to glow as multiple bodies was ejected from his eyes. Each of his brothers was holding a piece of Shalltear equipment "since we'd have recovered all of Shalltear weapons, we'll now back to Nazarick."

"Yes my lady!"

Ainz st upon his crystal throne as Karna and Jeanne stand at his side as they looked down at all of their servants who'd had all gather at the foot of the throne. Ainz opened the name list in the Throne Room, and as expected, the space which should have contained Shalltear's name was blank. This verified that Shalltear was dead, and so phase one of the plan was concluded.

Ainz's heart ached. While he knew that there was no other way, the fact that he could've done something but just stood to the side and witnessed the act filled him with guilt.

In his heart, Ainz apologized to Shalltear. Then he gulped, and turned to his friends as they just nodded at him, he then turned to the gathered Guardians, Angeloid and Demon Brothers.

"Then, the next step will be to resurrect Shalltear. Albedo, pay attention to Shalltear's name. If she remains mind-controlled as before..."

"My lord, though I may overstep myself, I propose that you should allow us to deal with her ourselves."

Cocytus and Aura immediately agreed with Demiurge's words, while Mare despondently agreed as well. Only Albedo remained unmoved.

"Demiurge…"

Demiurge's passionate words interrupted Ainz's mumbling.

"We are fully aware that your orders are to be respected above all else. We will grind ourselves to dust in order to obey them. However, as your loyal servants, we cannot allow any of you to be placed into danger like the danger that lord Karna and lady Jeanne just went through."

Demiurge's gaze shifted from the three players to Albedo.

"If Shalltear continue to rebel against the 41, then as your servant and your weapons, we shall eliminate her. We pray that you will watch us do so, my lords."

Now that they all understood the Guardians' intentions, they could not offer any further resistance.

"I understand. Guardians, if Shalltear betrays us once more, you may deal with her as you see fit." Karna said.

The Guardians, Demons and Angeloids nodded in acknowledgement.

Ainz felt miserable as he watched them.

What a pathetic excuse for a master he was.

Even after his friends had gone this far, he still had to let his beloved children kill each other.

The root cause of it all was his foolishness. It was all his fault.

Ainz wanted to sigh, but he felt Jeanne hand on his shoulder and as he looked up, he saw the gentle expression on Jeanne face as she stood at his side, he decided to swallow it.

"Supreme Ones, all you need to do is stand aside and watch. To whom should we pledge our loyalty if the final three Supreme Being vanishes? Though we will not have been abandoned, we will still be lonely if all the Supreme Beings are gone."

Karna smile a sad smile —"...Indeed. It's very lonely to not have anyone by your side."— as he looked toward his friend and lover 'then I'm lucky that I have them…'

The three players eyes had unconsciously turned to the the flags hanging within the Throne Room, their gaze resting on the emblems above their heads.

"...Yes, you're right Karna… It must have been that way in the Treasury too… What a fool I was."

After muttering to himself, Ainz turned to face the Guardians.

"Continue to protect us, my beloved servants. It begins now!"

Their spirited replies washed over the three supreme beings of Nazarick as Ainz grabbed the Staff of Ainz Ooal Gown that floated in the air beside him which floated in front of Karna, and turned it toward a corner of the Throne Room.

There was a mountain of gold coins there, about five hundred million of them. That was the sum needed to recall Shalltear to life.

Normally, he would have needed to use the keyboard to perform the necessary operations, but he now knew that it was no longer necessary.

The mountain of gold changed shape, from a solid to a liquid.

Watched by the NPC's, the molten gold formed a river, which flowed to the same place. Ten thousand tons of gold compacted and shrank, taking a humanoid shape that finally resolved itself into the form of a golden puppet, and its golden glow slowly weakened.

Soon, the golden glow had vanished completely, leaving white, waxy skin and platinum blonde hair. There was no doubt that the person before him was Shalltear Bloodfallen.

"Albedo!"

They all kept their eyes fixed on Shalltear as Jeanne bellowed Albedo's name.

"Please be at ease my lady. It seems the mind control has been terminated."

"Is that so…"

Jeanne unconsciously touched her chest in response to the powerful sense of relief flooded her. The gesture calmed her spirit. Then, Karna reached into his pocket dimension and retrieved a black cloak, before he strode over to the supine Shalltear.

Her eyes were tightly shut, and her chest was not moving. She lay quietly on the ground, like a corpse. Still, the undead were essentially animated corpses, so that was hardly unusual.

Something unusual—

The chest Karna had just seen was so flat that it hardly seemed to belong to a girl, but to a boy. Not knowing where to put his eyes, Karna gaze left her chest and looked elsewhere.

The freshly resurrected Shalltear was naked (of course), so he had no idea where he should be looking. Karna was heart was in a panicked as he felt Jeanne aura leaked out of her for a fraction of a second, he almost forgot that all he had to do was look elsewhere.

His vision had sharpened greatly from when he was a human being, so he could see certain places very clearly.

Shalltear's body was carelessly displayed, and her thighs were slightly parted—

He shook his head to get rid of the thought, Karna then hurriedly threw the black cape over her.

The cape spread in mid-air, settling perfectly on Shalltear and covering her entire body.

'It's not like I regret doing that! I'm essentially married to Jeanne, so I have no sexual desires for any other woman! No, that should be, almost no sexual desires. I was looking at Shalltear's body because I was simply curious about whether or not she was designed with parts under her clothing. You'd never be able to take off all your clothes in YGGDRASIL anyway, so that's why I took a peek. That's right, it's not because I was wondering if she had hair down there or anything!'

As Karna tried to explain his actions to… someone, he approached Shalltear, feeling somewhat helpless. Perhaps the reason why he took so long to reach her was because he wanted to cool down his overheating head.

Also, he deliberately ignored the female voice that was quietly addressing Ainz saying, "If you are interested lord Ainz, I have no objection to displaying myself for your viewing pleasure."

As Ainz and Jeanne descend the stairs and soon next to Karna as they all stood before Shalltear body, Shalltear's crimson eyes opened, as though sensing the presence of someone nearby. She blinked sleepily and looked around, finally resting her gaze on the three beings standing beside her.

"Supreme ones?"

She sounded like she was groggy from having just woken up. However, they all could hear the loyalty in her voice. Although Albedo and Nazarick's administration system had already verified her allegiance, they were delighted to confirm it with their own ears, as Karna knelt down to pat Shalltear.

"Uh, ueeh?"

It was hard to believe that such a slender body possessed such startling physical abilities as she seem to have vibrated when Karna patted her.

Karna paid no heed to Shalltear, who was babbling in a thoroughly baffled way, and tightened his grip on her.

"I'm sorry Shalltear. This was all our fault…"

"Eh? Ah, I'm not sure what happened, but I'm certain that you couldn't have made a mistake, Lord Karna."

Shalltear's ice-cold hands suddenly embrace Karna. They were vaguely uncomfortable, given that she seemed to be trying to grope him, but Karna did not stop her, because she was probably trying to verify her sense of touch after her resurrection. Perhaps there was a penalty for resurrecting NPCs, just as there was for players. After all, this was the first resurrection ever since coming to this world.

However, Jeanne immediately made her displeasure known.

"...Karna-kun, I believe Shalltear is tired, so we should leave her be for now."

'Oh crap, wait is she jealous?! no way… but was definitely jealousy I heard in her voice…'

—"...Indeed."—

After Karna quickly let go of Shalltear, a look of disappointment crossed Shalltear's face as Karna quickly stood up and walk beside Jeanne again. He was met with a cute pout and a glare as Jeanne averted her eyes from his.

``Oh great, she is jealous… what am I going to now…?' — [MESSAGE] 'hey it was not my fault she suddenly hugged me… jealous' Karna teased.

'I'm afraid I have no idea what you're talking about… pervert'

[END MESSAGE] '...definitely jealous, strange she usually isn't that type of girl, could it be her race or something else that is making her act this way?'

"Tell me the details later. Before that, I have some questions."

"Yes, do ask me whatever you desire lord Ainz… and um, may I ask why, I am in the Throne Room? Then, there's the matter of my body, and your treatment of me, lord Karna. Have I caused any trouble?"

"I was about to ask you that. Do you remember anything that happened?" Ainz asked.

"Ah, yes."

"Then Shalltear, tell me the last thing you remember."

Shalltear's most recent memory was five days ago. She had no impression of what had happened after that, until now.

Ainz could have used the tenth tier spell 「Control Amnesia」 like he had at Carne Village, but even altering short stretches of memory would require a massive amount of MP. The staggering amount of MP needed to affect five day's worth of memories was beyond the limit of ordinary magic casters. Not even Ainz and his extraordinary MP regeneration rates could do it.

Of course, the resurrection process might be such that NPCs lost their memories of the past few days. Alternately, perhaps several people might have gathered to do it.

He lacked information at the present moment, so he could not solve that mystery.

Still, he could be sure that whoever had used the World Class Item on Shalltear had gone silent, vanishing without a trace.

'It's quite troublesome when I don't know who's acting behind the scenes. The enemy might be waiting for a chance to strike at Nazarick… no, perhaps I should be glad that this incident didn't escalate… In any case, I'll make sure I thoroughly avenge myself on whoever did this to Nazarick'

Ainz quelled the anger which even his undead traits could not fully suppress, and gently asked Shalltear:

"Are there any other problems with your body?"

If this world was like YGGDRASIL, then there should not have been anything else. The NPCs should not have lost levels, but he was unsure if the same applied to this world as well. For all he knew, the NPCs would lose levels, just like player characters would.

Shalltear felt herself up before answering Ainz:

"I don't think there's anything."

"Is that so?"

After Shalltear answered, a look of shock came over her face. Not knowing what was wrong, Ainz felt uneasiness welling up inside him.

"OH NOOO!"

"What happened!?"

"What's wrong?"

"Are you ok Shalltear!?"

The worried and slightly panicked voices of the three players over lapses and it made it as though they had said it at the same time.

"My chest is gone."

The faces of the Guardians, Angeloids and Demons twisted as they heard this, with expressions of We want our concern back written all over them. Even Demiurge had his teeth bared.

"Don't you know what you did? How could you say something like that!?" Nymph yields as she pointed at Shalltear.

As Nymph delivered a rebuke on everyone's behalf, Shalltear's shoulders trembled in fright.

Ainz had gone so limp that his hands were about to drag on the floor. All he could do was watch Shalltear argue with the other NPC's, and ponder various questions about resurrection.

Since he did not know why Shalltear had lost her memories, he could not guarantee that their resurrection through magic would be the same as resurrecting an NPC through money.

Just as Ainz was thinking about these things, Shalltear had already begun tearing up under Nymph yelling and Jibril teasing along with the other NPC who had joined in, this was akin to a one-sided torrent of abuse.

As the three players watched the scene before them, they looked at each other with a nostalgic smile as they recalled a scene from the past.

—

He saw Bukubukuchagama (the elder sister) scolding Peroroncino (her younger brother), and the rest of his smiling guildmates.

The NPCs before him were like his past comrades.

—

Ainz slowly reached a hand out, and then stopped in mid-air. It felt as though an invisible wall of glass was blocking him.

A profound sense of loneliness filled Ainz's heart.

It felt as though the memories of the warm place where the NPC's existed was little more than an image on a monitor — and he was on the other side.

If he stepped into it, they would pledge their loyalty to him. That was a form of awe, and not the warmth he had felt when he had been with his friends.

He felt that it was a terrible shame.

Just as Ainz's hand fell powerlessly, Karna and Jeanne turned to look at him — as though sensing something strange about Ainz — and watched him quietly. Baffled by why they were looking at him that way, Ainz was about to ask what was wrong when the flames in his eyes suddenly flared up.

That was because both Karna and Jeanne was gently holding their hand out to him. After a moment's hesitation, Ainz took both of their hands, and thus he was pulled into the circle of the NPC as they made their way to them.

Albedo was the first to speak, and then the other NPC followed suit.

"My lord, please reprimand Shalltear sternly~."

Nymph: "That's right! Please give this dummy a good scolding!"

Cocytus: "Indeed. She. Needs. A. Stern. Lesson."

Demiurge: "You'll remember the supreme ones words of wisdom, won't you?"

Mare: "Al-Although, maybe it would be better not to be too strict... er, erm…"

The three was soon bombarded with ways to punish Shalltear by the NPC.

"—Ha, hahaha."

Ainz, Karna and even Jeanne could not keep their laughter from escaping their mouths despite the baffled looks from the NPC around them. No, that laughter did not just come from their mouth, but from their heart.

After they was satisfied, Ainz silently turned back to Shalltear.

"I have told Albedo before, but the fault for this does not lie with you, Shalltear. It is I — who possessed all this information but did not consider the possibility of this happening — who most deserves to be rebuked for this. Shalltear, you did nothing wrong. Remember that."

"Thank, thank you, Ainz-sama!"

"Demiurge, you will be in charge of explaining what happened to Shalltear. Can you do that?" Karna asked.

Demiurge bowed to show that he understood.

"Ah, what of the matter of Sebas—" Albedo asked by was cut off my Jeanne repled.

"He is be bait."

As Jeanne calmly proposed using one of her subordinates as bait, the other NPC merely nodded, with the attitude a proper minion should have. They were simply prioritizing the considerations of the masters of the Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick over the life of their colleague.

"I am not entirely willing to do this, but it cannot be helped… we do not know why Shalltear was targeted, but if the opposition is looking for a new victim, they might well decide on Sebas, who was travelling with her. This was why I did not call him back to receive a World Class Item… Albedo, select a few clandestine operatives to keep an eye on Sebas and his surroundings… He might be bait, but I do not intend to allow Sebas to be so easily taken. Inform these observers that their mission also includes preventing the enemy from approaching Sebas."

After issuing her orders, Jeanne along with Ainz and Karna narrowed their eyes.

'...Someday we shall meet the person who used a World Class Item on Shalltear. When that day comes, we shall return the favor a hundred times over!'

"Understood. I will select the appropriate personnel as soon as possible."

"Please do. Thanks to Shalltear, we now know that NPCs can be resurrected, but I do not wish to kill any of the NPCs my friends created again." Ainz said.

Moved by those words, the NPC lowered their heads. They had probably sensed how much their masters valued them. However, since they had actually voiced those feelings, the effect on them had been that much greater.

Shalltear seemed to have realized something had happened to her. A look of shock crossed her face, which soon turned into one of utmost regret.

Ainz gestured that she did not need to take it to heart. Just then, a voice came from the side.

"Ah, then, my lords."

Jeanne: "What is it, Mare?"

"Erm, ah, should... should I remove all traces of the battle?"

"There's no need for that. Did you know? When one breaks a spell-sealing crystal, it releases powerful energy, enough to level the surroundings." Ainz said.

"Eh? Is, is that so?"

"No because it's just a lie, of course. What is false is true and what is true is false. Magic-sealing crystals seem to be rare items, so nobody should be able to test that. Albedo, put a few scratches on the item Nigun was using. Then, we'll need to have the blacksmith build some damaged armor and put some scorch marks on it, so it looks like it went through an intense battle." Karna said.

"Understood."

"In addition, perhaps we have been too careless so far, which allowed hidden enemies around Nazarick to harm us. Thus, I wish to initiate a program to strengthen Nazarick. Part of that is to use Ainz skills to create an undead army, so I would like to make some preparations to recover corpses from E-Rantel which can be used to make an undead army."

"About that, Lord Karna"

"What's wrong, Jibril?"

"If I am not wrong, when you use a human corpse as a medium for making undead, the undead thus created are quite weak, despite being mid-tier. Is that correct?"

"Indeed. Is there a problem?"

The most powerful undead Ainz could make with the corpses of the Sunlight Scripture were level forty. Beyond that, the undead would vanish with the passage of time, along with the corpses that served as their medium.

"In truth, after receiving that order, me and Albedo had considered ways of obtaining fresh corpses. Perhaps you could consider using non-human corpses?"

"...I trust you do not intend to use the corpses of Nazarick's vassals?" Jeanne said sternly.

"No, that is absolutely not our intention. I was thinking of using other demihumans."

Both Albedo and Jibril smiled. It was a stunningly beautiful — and terribly cruel — smile.

"Aura discovered a Lizardman village. What do you think of attacking and destroying them?" Jibril asked.

—

Perote, the leader of the mithril ranked adventurer team "Tenrou," opened the doors to the Adventurer's Guild.

The adventurers there looked at him with admiring eyes.

Perote was used to this sort of thing. However, the reception seemed more subdued that it had been a month ago.

Well, it can't be helped.

He turned his eyes to the noticeboard. Regretfully, there were almost no mithril ranked requests.

Granted, jobs which only mithril ranked adventurers could do were quite rare. However, the reason for this dearth of requests was not because there were few of them to begin with, but because there was an adventurer team who could swiftly tackle requests of mithril rank and up.

"...Momon, Siegfried, and Artoria huh."

Perote sounded like he was complaining when he said those names.

About a month ago, they had slain a powerful Vampire.

He had not personally witnessed that intense battle, but one could imagine what had happened after seeing the remains of that battlefield. Thus, he had not been surprised to learn that Kralgra — an adventurer team of the same rank as Perote's own — had been annihilated in the crossfire.

No, anyone who joined that battle would have been killed for certain.

The exploding magic crystal had scorched the land black, and it had even reduced some places to a desert. The startling thing was that it had to be done to defeat that Vampire. And then—

"—They survived…"

Not only had they survived, but they had seized victory. It was only natural for Perote to consider these people — who had returned safely from a battle with a Vampire, a monster that Perote himself could not defeat — to be even greater monsters.

The change in his tone from just now was because Momon was powerful enough to compel respect from him.

Just as he was fantasizing about that sort of absolute might, he heard the sound of the door opening. A wave of commotion swept through the guild like a gust of wind.

Perote vaguely understood the reason for that disturbance, and turned his eyes in the same reaction as everyone was looking. There, he saw the people he had been expecting.

It was the talk of the town, the "The Dark Trinity," team.

The biggest of the three had two greatswords on his back, on his right was a beautiful silver haired girl with armor and dress that was as dark as the night sky, on his left was a handsome white haired, red and back cloak man of tall lean build. Walking behind the three was another beauty of raven black haired girl.

"There's a lot of adamantite on the front of his armor… how much did it cost, anyway?"

The team name of "The Dark Trinity" came from each of their black suit of incredibly high-end plate armor, which had been heavily damaged when they came back from that battlefield. Back then, there had been scorched and claw marks everywhere, but now that each of their suit of armor was pristine. It glittered brightly under the rays of the sun.

This was the result of the combined efforts of every magic caster in the Magician's Guild coming together to repair it.

At each of their necks hung a metal plate — one that belonged to a living legend, an object of worship for adventurers, the trump card of humanity that would protect them from being ravaged by the powerful races of the world — an adamantite plate.

Their accomplishments had long surpassed those of the orichalcum rank, and there had never been one of those in E-Rantel before.

And now, these individual, famed in song and story, had appeared before them, stirring the Adventurer's Guild into a frenzy.

"The Kingdom's third adamantite adventurer team…"

"That must be… the 'Dark Hero' Momon, 'The Prince of Darkness' Siegfried and the 'beautiful Queen' Artoria right? ...And behind them is the 'Beautiful Princess,' Nabe. The rumors were right about these girls looks..."

"You know, they say they were responsible for burning down that swath of forest… apparently, they did it with some kind of martial art..."

"No way, how could that be… if they could use martial arts to burn it down, wouldn't that mean their no longer human?"

"They should be one of the few people who could do it, right? Adamantite ranked adventurers are those who define the peak of power. I wouldn't be surprised if people called them the adamantite rank of adamantite ranks."

Momon advanced calmly to the counter under these adoring looks. The adventurers chatting with the guild receptionists all made way for the most highly-placed of adventurers, and on their faces was respect — and fear.

Momon nonchalantly addressed the receptionist.

"Our assignment is complete. Please help us keep an eye out for any new jobs."

The guild receptionist's eyes went wide, but they returned to their normal shape immediately. Perote knew why her eyes had widened. The task Momon had accepted was one which even mithril ranked adventurers would have trouble accomplishing, and which would need quite a while to complete. However, Momon and his partners had cleared it with ease.

Indeed, they could clear even mithril ranked missions with ease.

This was only to be expected, because such were the talents of the most highly-ranked adventurers.

"There's no work left for us."

Perote let that grumble slip, but of course, he did not actually mean it. Anyone who could reach the mithril rank would have made enough money to retire and live in luxury for the rest of their lives. Thus, anyone who continued adventuring after this must have had a reason for that beyond money.

"Ah, Momon-sama. I am very sorry, but we do not have any other jobs for you, Momon-sama. Please forgive us."

The receptionist rose to her feet and bowed deeply to him.

"Is that so—"

Momon seemed about to say something else, but then he froze halfway. Several seconds later, Siegfried spoke again:

"Never mind, I just remembered something we had to do. We'll be returning to the inn; if there's anything, look for us there. Do you know where we're staying?"

"I do. Is it the Shining Gold Pavilion?"

Karna nodded, then flourished his crimson cloak as he turned and walked away.

Perote had heard the sound of their speaking from Siegfried side, but because his voice was too soft, Perote could not make out the details.

What Perote had failed to hear was Karna order to his distant subordinates to demonstrate their matchless military might.

"Order Gargantua to move out, and summon Victim as well. Once Cocytus returns, we will bear witness to a rare event — all the Floor Guardians, Angeloids And Demons Brothers will move out as one."

in a certain place (A/N: thanks oda ;)

Within a dark room that has only a poorly lit candle as it source of light, sit 10 figures with dark robs and armor, around a table made of gleaming black stone.

"Was that Super Tier Magic...?"

"Not sure, there was a barrier and its was very well protected"

"Then, can you pin-point the location?"

"No, the only think I could do was sense it, I cant pin-point it because of the barrier"

"Well it doesn't matter, the only beings who are able to cast Super Tier Magic is a high level player"

"So after a few centuries, a new YGGDRASIL player has emerge huh... interesting!"

"We should keep an eye on the news, if there is an YGGDRASIL player here, then it would be more beneficial to have them join us then to have them against us"

"Agreed"

"The 666,666 meeting of the Yggdmillennia organization is adjourn"

OK and that is the end of the Chapter. Sorry for making u all wait but you family issue and what not.

I told u guys it would get more interesting from here on out. I suck at beginning so I stuck pretty closely with the cannon, but now that will change.

I want to Thank Buujack for helping me with the chapter, he has been a big help in giving me ideas and whats to or not to do, so thank you Buujack.

I will try to get the next Chapter up in a few weeks yes few weeks because of the Family thing (life suck doesn't it) so sorry for that and i'll see you all later.

ONCE AGAIN THANK U BUUJACK, U HAVE BEEN A BIG HELP.

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